Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A. Sumanthiran backed the call by Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith for an international investigation saying successive governments have failed to mete out justice to the victims of the terror attacks.
Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa, along with a group of SJB MPs, arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department this morning (11).
Police repression against Tamil mothers who have been protesting for years trying to find their missing family members continue unabated, Northern media reported.
In response to a query made by the Parliamentary Finance Committee on the benefits of reducing sugar tax to several large sugar importers, a report submitted by the Ministry of Finance states that it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce to pass on the benefit of tax reduction to consumers.
The alleged sugar scam has resulted in the loss of Rs 15.9 billion in tax revenue, the Finance Ministry revealed.
As the 46th session of the UNHRC assesses the new resolution on Sri Lanka, a new report from the Oakland Institute, Endless War: The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, brings forth shocking new evidence on the extent of the continued persecution of the minority Tamil population in the North and East of the country.
